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Despite the lack of social media evidence, we’re still very much getting on with things here at Wilberforce towers. That’s not to say we haven’t had hurdles to, erm, hurdle.

The wonderful Factory St Studios in Bradford, where Rob had had his own mini studio, unfortunately had to close, which was a huge shame for the management and staff and left us without our own little sanctuary just when we’d set it up perfectly! Luckily we got the bass and drums down for a bunch of new songs before we had to leave.

Also, and even more sadly, there have been some personal circumstances which have really hit us hard. Even though the situation puts things in perspective, it also hasn’t derailed us completely, and we’re chomping at the bit to get our next album fully recorded so the mixing process can begin.

It won’t be another 5 years til the new album is out – that’s guaranteed. And in the meantime, you can still download all our albums on a pay what you feel like basis from Bandcamp. Please, as always, spread the word about our songs and we’ll deliver a sparkly fresh new batch as soon as we can!

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Quite a bit actually; recently we’ve been recording new songs for a new album that is coming along a bit quicker than the last couple – we’ve got 12 new songs written and demoed. This is mainly due to me finally getting a proper band together with Max on bass guitar, Rob on guitar (and production duties) and Carl playing and programming drums.

Songs from the album were played on stations across the USA, UK and Europe with BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson (Yep, the one who had hits with ‘2,4,6,8 Motorway’ and ‘Glad to be Gay’ saying; “Possibly my favourite record of the entire week; whatever you’re doing , if humanly possible, stop doing it, close your eyes and marvel at Skin by Captain Wilberforce…. It packs an entire album’s worth of ideas into a single 3 minute song without once missing a groove.”

We even did a few gigs including The Cavern – Liverpool, Gullivers – Manchester, Actress and Bishop – Birmingham, Factory St – Bradford as well as The Brudenell, The 360 Club and the main stage of the Kirkstall Festival in Leeds. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us, bought a t-shirt and downloaded the albums!

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While we’ve been quiet on the social media front for a bit, we’ve actually been doing things in the real world:

We’ve got two upcoming gigs in Leeds and Manchester to formally announce on

Sunday 12th November at Gullivers, Manchester

– A night of music in aid of Just Talk About It, a charity aimed at supporting young people and enabling them to talk about mental health freely and without judgement. More Info & Tickets (£5.50 advance)

Friday 24th November at the 360 Club (The Library), Leeds

– (£6 on the door. £4.50 advance by contacting us by email / Facebook)

At both gigs we’ll be headlining at around 10pm.

Also and even more excitingly, we’ve demoed an entire new album’s worth of songs over the last few weeks and will be beginning the proper recordings next month. Not wanting to get to cocky, but they’re sounding like some of the best things we’ve done and they may even be ready before 2023.

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Some great gig news to share – we’ve been invited to play Kirkstall Festival this year – Saturday 8th July! It’s probably the closest festival to where we live, right next to the river Aire, by the the 12th century Kirkstall Abbey and we’re really excited to have been asked!

As always it’s free to enter (although we recommend buying a programme on entry for £2 which helps to support the organisers) and last year 25,000 people attended over the day!

We’ll be on the main stage at around 1:30pm with an hour long set.

Fingers crossed for a beautiful, sunshiny day!

You can find out more about the other events, stalls and parking here.

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A quick reminder – we’re playing the world famous Cavern Club in Liverpool on Monday 22nd May at 9pm and the Cavern Club opposite at 11pm (that’s tomorrow!). Both are free entry and there are loads of other bands on at both venues all evening!

We won’t be wearing leathers but we will be playing 2 different sets, so it’s worth staying around to catch both.

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We’ve had a fantastic response from online radio here, in Spain and in the USA. This is on top of the plays we’ve had on the brilliant 6 Music here in the UK. We’d like to say thanks to everyone at the following stations for their support: